Place:Tickton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Tickton and its former parishes do not appear on the above map. From their co-ordinates it is to be assumed that Tickton is in the eastern reaches of what is described as Molescroft.

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Tickton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The village is approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east from Beverley, and is south of the A1035 road. The village is about 1 mile (1.6 km) long and contains, two churches, two pubs, a primary school and village shop cum post office.

The civil parish was formed in 1935 and consists of the villages of Tickton and Hull Bridge together with the hamlets of Eske, Storkhill-with-Sandholme and Weel. According to the 2011 UK census, Tickton parish had a population of 1731, an increase on the 2001 census figure of 1586.

From 1894 until 1974 the area was part of the Beverley Rural District. All four sections were in the ecclesiastical parish of Beverley but were divided between the wapentakes of Harthill and Holderness.

Humberside 1974-1996

In 1974 most of what had been the East Riding of Yorkshire was joined with the northern part of Lincolnshire to became a new English county named Humberside. The urban and rural districts of the former counties were abolished and Humberside was divided into non-metropolitan districts. The new organization did not meet with the pleasure of the local citizenry and Humberside was wound up in 1996. The area north of the River Humber was separated into two "unitary authorities"—Kingston upon Hull covering the former City of Hull and its closest environs, and the less urban section to the west and to the north which, once again, named itself the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The phrase "Yorkshire and the Humber" serves no purpose in WeRelate. It refers to one of a series of basically economic regions established in 1994 and abolished for most purposes in 2011. See the Wikipedia article entited "Regions of England").

Research Tips

• GENUKI on Tickton. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on Tickton.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Beverley provides a list of useful resources for the local area.